Hometown/State? Locust Grove, Georgia First Motorcycle? 1987 Yamaha 600cc Radian Current motorcycle(s)? 2007 Triumph Tiger All-time favorite motorcycle? 2004 Triumph Speed Triple
Archive for November, 2011
Member Profile: Chris Pope
November 25th, 2011 
VersysRider 
Posted in Profiles 
Tags: Colorado, Dave Brickner, Georgia, HSTA, Jack Smith, Leadville, Locust Grove, Motorcycle, Motorcycles, Msta, Situational Awareness, Sport Touring, Triumph Speed Triple, Yamaha Radian 
No Comments »Member Profile: Bob Hunt
November 25th, 2011 VersysRider Hometown/State? New Carlisle, Ohio First motorcycle? 1966 Suzuki X6 Hustler Current motorcycle(s)? 2007 BMW R1200RT, 2009 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide Years riding? I’ve been riding motorcycles for more than 40 years. Joined MSTA (when)? I joined the club in May, 2010, when I registered for STAR 2010 (Taos, New Mexico). How did you hear about the [...]
MSTA Aotearoa Adventure
November 25th, 2011 VersysRider The YO Ranch, host hotel for the Texas Hill Country rally, is a mecca for riding ideas. A collection of old time MSTA’rs and our poor guest, now a member, Ron Andrews were hanging out in the Gilliland suite with gin and tonics flowing freely when Steve Rosenblatt asked, where’s our next ride? The silence [...]
Posted in Ride Reports Tags: Aoraki, Arthur Range, Auckland, Bluff, BSA, Catlins Forest Park, Chile, Christchurch, Cloudy Bay, Clyde dam, Coromandel peninsula, Cromwell, Cromwell Gorge, Crown Range Road, Devil’s Punchbowl, Doubtful Sound, Dunedin, Fiordland National Park, Fox Glacier, Gisborne, Hangi, Harley Davidson, Hawae, Hawkes Bay, Hooker glacier, Hooker Valley, HSTA, Hwy 6, Invercargill, Lake Manapouri, Lake Pukaki, Lake Wakatipu, Lindis Pass, Marlborough Wine Region, Matai Maori village, Milford Sound, Misty Peaks, Moto Guzzi, motorcycle enthusiast, Msta, Mt. Cook, Mt. Cook National Park, Nelson, New Zealand, Omarama, Otago peninsula, Otematata, Pacific Coast, Palmerston, pancake rocks, Paparoa National Park, Picton, Polynesian Maori, Prince’s Gate Hotel, Punakaiki, Queen Charlotte Drive, Queenstown, Queenstown Birdlife Park, Raukumara Mountain, Richmond Range, Rotorua, Ruahine Range, Southern Alps, Southern Cross, Sport Touring, ST1300, Stirling Point, Taiaroa Head, Tasman Glacier, Tasman Sea, Te Anau, Te Anua, Te Tautea O Hinekakai, Te Waipounamu, Te Waipounamu Motorcycle Tours, Texas, Texas Hill Country, The Remarkables, TSS Earnslaw, Victoria Range, Walter Peak Sheep Station, Wanaka, Wellington, West Land National Park, Wilmot Pass, Wobbly Kea, YO Ranch No Comments »Member Profile: John Larkin
November 25th, 2011 VersysRider Hometown/State? MCCandless Township, Pennsylvania First Motorcycle? 1972 Harley-Davidson XLCH Current motorcycle(s)? Triumph Speed Triple, Kawasaki Versys What is your all-time favorite motorcycle? Ducati 916
QUICK TIPS: Should You Ride A Motorcycle?
November 25th, 2011 VersysRider Riding a motorcycle is a unique experience. Riding is fun and invigorating, yet the skills needed for safe riding, combined with the lack of car-like crash protection on a motorcycle, can cast doubts on whether a person should choose to ride a motorcycle. Some potential riders lack the ability to execute skilled and timely actions [...]
River Run
November 25th, 2011 VersysRider Laughlin, Nevada’s 29th Anniversary River Run By Nicky Zarras, Feature Editor/NV It seems that since 2007 we hear of city after city scraping by to make ends meet. They use revenue from various taxes and fines and are always looking for new ways to generate income. Laughlin, which is on the Nevada/Arizona border across from [...]
Posted in Articles, Ride Reports Tags: Base MSRP, Colorado Belle Casino Resort, Feature EditorLaughlin, FZ, Motorcycle, Nicky Zarras No Comments »Mixing Bicycles & Motorcycles
November 25th, 2011 VersysRider (or How To Get Paid While Having Fun.) By Bob “Dog” Maddock/CO • Photos by Annette Hayden As several of you may already know, MSTA member Dave Gorham and I are both USA Cycling (USAC) “Motor Referees” (MotoRefs) and have been officiating bicycle races for a number of years. USA Cycling is the national federation [...]
Wild Weather and Wonderful Surprises
November 25th, 2011 VersysRider Erik Buell Racing visits TWiSTAR 2011 By Darcy Holter/Editor at Large Sleek and sexy, the 1190RS, dripping with carbon fiber, caused quite a stir in the crowd. Erik Buell Racing noticed our group of TWiSTAR motorbike enthusiasts at the Round Barn Resort while returning from a top-secret testing site. They very generously stopped by to [...]
Membership Corner
November 25th, 2011 VersysRider Choon Gan | Membership Director Welcome new Members! North Central Region Terry Peterson, West Des Moines, IA Tom Albrecht, Wilmette, IL Glenn DiNicola, Wadsworth, IL Louis Megleo, Zion, IL Scott Pfeiffer, Stillman Valley, IL John Rosberg, Riverwoods, IL William Ruehl, Rockford, IL Sha Clark, Carmel, IN Michael Gamage, Indianapolis, IN Norman Stick, Cedar Lake, IN [...]
Held’s Rain Star Glove is My New Love
November 25th, 2011 VersysRider David “Brick” Brickner/NC Some time ago, Tom Kincaid, owner of Held USA (www.heldusa.com), asked me to evaluate his new Rain Star gloves. We’ve had a lot of rain in this part of the country lately, so I felt sure that it would only be a matter of time before I’d get caught in a down [...]
